May 2005 - ogsa-wg - lists.ogf.org

Proposed agenda for June 1st call
by Hiro Kishimoto 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Hi all, The following is a proposed agenda for OGSA-WG telecon on June 1st Wednesday from 5pm to 7pm (CDT). Dial-in numbers for Wednesday: Free: +1-888-452-0308 Intl/Toll: +1-484-644-0505 PIN: 71815 Screen share service will be provided. URL: http://ogsa.glance.net Session key: 0601 See more explanation: http://www-unix.gridforum.org/mail_archive/ogsa-wg/2004/06/msg00077.html 1) Early discussion (10 min) Note taker assignment Roll call Telecon minutes approval (if available) Agenda bashing 2) London F2F meeting evaluation (30 min) Please upload your materials to GridForge Mark, Andrew: please send out draft minutes before the call. 3) Telecon Schedule discussion (20 min) Hiro will send out draft telecon schedule until GGF14 before the call. 4) OGSA profile definition document review (60 min) Since there are only a few comment left, we expect that this is the final review of this document. Tom has revised and uploaded the document to the GridForge. https://forge.gridforum.org/projects/ogsa-wg/document/draft-ggf-ogsa-profil… plate/en/7 5) Wrap up (10 min) AOB June 6th (Monday) is for OGSA WSRF basic profile and roadmap document final review. ---- Hiro Kishimoto

1 1

Byte IO WG Meeting on 21st June
by Mark Morgan 31 May '05

31 May '05

At today's ByteIO Telecon, we decided to postpone the scheduled 14 June 2005 telecon to the next week (21 June 2005) due to the simultaneous absences of both Neil and myself. An agenda should proceed that telecon. -Mark -- Mark Morgan Research Scientist Department of Computer Science University of Virginia http://www.cs.virginia.edu mmm2a(a)virginia.edu (434) 982-2790

1 0

Three OGSA documents for GGF14
by Hiro Kishimoto 31 May '05

31 May '05

Hi all, OGSA-WG plans to submit the following three documents before GGF14. These are very good shape but still working documents, please turn MS word comments on and read them at the same time. OGSA WSRF Basic Profile 1.0 https://forge.gridforum.org/projects/ogsa-wg/document/draft-ggf-ogsa-wsrf-b… profile/ OGSA profile definition 1.0 https://forge.gridforum.org/projects/ogsa-wg/document/draft-ggf-ogsa-profil… plate/ Defining the Grid: A Roadmap for the Open Grid Services Architecture https://forge.gridforum.org/projects/ogsa-wg/document/draft-ggf-ogsa-roadma… Please have a look. ---- Hiro Kishimoto

1 0

HPDC this year is not at GGF
by Andrew Grimshaw 31 May '05

31 May '05

High Performance Distributed Computing (HPDC) Fourteen Registration Now Open http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/hpdc2005/ HPDC combines the advances in research and technologies in high speed networks, software, distributed computing and parallel processing to deliver high-performance, large-scale and cost-effective computational, storage and communication capabilities to a wide range of applications. The intent of this meeting is to provide a forum in which researchers report on new ideas and technical insights, application teams express the challenges of constructing wide area or scalable high performance applications, and technology creators report on future developments. The Fourteenth IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Distributed Computing will be a forum for presenting the latest research findings on the design and use of parallel and distributed systems for high end computing, collaboration, data analysis, and other innovative applications. HPDC is the premier conference for high-performance distributed systems and grid computing systems. Come see the latest developments this July in Raleigh-Durham North Carolina. Keynotes by Dan Reed (http://its.unc.edu/its_vc/) and Pratap Pattniak (http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/pr.nsf/pages/bio.pattnaik.html) head the program. In addition to the keynotes the results of the latest research from around the world will be presented, as well as two half-day tutorials, the first on the Globus toolkit, and the second on Autonomic Computing. As in past years two exciting workshops proceed the full conference. The first, CLADE (Challenges of Large Applications in Distributed Environments) The goal of CLADE is to encourage innovation by addressing the complex issues that arise in large-scale applications of distributed computation, and to promote the development of innovative applications that effectively use distributed resources and adapt to a wide range of heterogeneity and dynamics in space and time. This includes development, deployment, management and evaluations of large scale applications in science, engineering, medicine, business, economics, education, and other disciplines, on Grids and other distributed heterogeneous and dynamic computing environments. The second workshop is High-Performance Interconnects for Distributed Computing. The purpose of HPI-DC is to explore the confluence of WAN technologies with high performance interconnects, as applicable or applied to realistic high end applications. The intent is to create a venue that will act as a bridge between researchers developing tools and platforms for high-performance distributed computing, end user applications seeking high performance solutions, and technology providers aiming to improve interconnect and networking technologies for future systems. Please visit http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/hpdc2005/ for more information and to register for HPDC. See you there. Andrew Grimshaw

1 0

OGSA-D telcon schedule & preparatory work
by Dave Berry 30 May '05

30 May '05

Dear all, At last week's f2f meeting we decided the following timetable for OGSA-D telcons until GGF14. For some of these we are requesting participants to prepare material in advance - most notably, at next week's telcon we will be discussing security requirements for data grids and it would be very useful if you could circulate your thoughts beforehand. We plan to collect these requirements and present them to the OGSA security design team and other interested parties. * Topics June 1st: No telcon this week. June 8th: 1. Security requirements for data grids; participants to circulate notes in advance 2. Overall architecture June 15th: To be decided June 22nd: 1. GGF preparation; speakers to have draft slides ready for review 2. Data transfer June 29th: GGF14 (therefore no telcon) Dave Berry Research Manager, National e-Science Centre 15 South College St., Edinburgh Tel: +44 131 6514039

1 0

GridToday Security Article by Tony Hey
by Hiro Kishimoto 30 May '05

30 May '05

Hi all, Interesting security article by Tony Hey, Security, Security, Security By Tony Hey, Contributing Author Security is a major issue in Grid computing, and in this article, Tony Hey, director of the U.K. e-Science Program, gives his two cents on the issue. He also recaps a recent meeting in London where experts from around the world gathered to discuss the various problems and issues surrounding Grid security. http://news.taborcommunications.com/msgget.jsp?mid=389414&xsl=story.xsl ---- Hiro Kishimoto

1 0

teleconference on the 31st *CANCELLED*
by Hiro Kishimoto 28 May '05

28 May '05

Fred's email bounced. ---- From: "Fred Maciel" <fred-m(a)crl.hitachi.co.jp> Subject: RM teleconference on the 31st *CANCELLED* Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 19:29:46 -0700 Hi, Most of the week was taken by the face-to-face meetings in London, and Monday is a holiday in the U.S., so I don't think that we'll have anything new to discuss. Let's cancel the teleconference on the 31st. Regards, Fred Maciel Hitachi America R&D

1 0

NO tele-conferenece on May 30th.
by Hiro Kishimoto 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hi all, Thank you very much for all of you who have come to the London F2F meetings. It was very good meetings. We had a lot of productive discussions, dedicated reviews and homework assignments :-) Let's keep the ball rolling, submit our three documents before GGF14, and meet you again in Chicago. Given that we need a respite and the next Monday is US holiday, we agreed that we do NOT have next Monday call. Our next call is on Wednesday June 1st. Enjoy the Memorial Day holiday, ---- Hiro Kishimoto

1 0

Perhaps useful input to BES discussion
by Ian Foster 26 May '05

26 May '05

Dear All: I am sending this draft document in case it is relevant to the OGSA-WG and/or BES discussions. In this document, I use a simple example (a skeleton execution service) to compare and contrast four approaches to representing state, namely WSRF, WS-Transfer, REST, and "state id." I haven't sent this earlier because I'd hoped to integrate numerous comments that I've received from Savas and others. I hope to do so in the next week or two, but perhaps this draft is still of interest. Regards -- Ian. _______________________________________________________________ Ian Foster www.mcs.anl.gov/~foster Math & Computer Science Div. Dept of Computer Science Argonne National Laboratory The University of Chicago Argonne, IL 60439, U.S.A. Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A. Tel: 630 252 4619 Fax: 630 252 1997 Globus Alliance, www.globus.org

4 6

Proposal to establish Tom Maguire as co-chair
by Hiro Kishimoto 26 May '05

26 May '05

Hi all, As you all must have observed, Tom Maguire has not only been a very active OGSA-WG member since the beginning, but has also been making wonderful contributions to develop our accomplishment, especially the OGSA WSRF Basic Profile and the OGSA profile definition documents. At the London F2F meeting yesterday, all F2F attendees agreed to nominate Tom Maguire as a new OGSA-WG co-chair. Tom has indicated that if this proposal meets the approval of the OGSA-WG, his management, and the GFSG, he will be happy to take on this role. If you have any concerns about this proposal, please communicate with Andrew Grimshaw, our Area Director, or I via email or phone before Thursday June 2nd. In the absence of any objections, we will then forward this OGSA-WG's proposal of new co-chair to the GFSG. Best Regard, ---- Hiro Kishimoto

3 2